“The most important thing that my coach did for me was make it possible to do work of a higher caliber. My coach helped me cut my project list in half, and with the extra time I had, I was able to do more lobbying and more grant writing, and we were able to get a grant that helped the Madrid Coalition [an organization of about fifty peace-keeping organizations in Israel, Palestine, and Europe] finance their first year of operations. Working with The Coach Initiative was tremendously beneficial in a way that I continue to benefit from. I would be delighted to welcome more coaches from the Coach Initiative into our organization.”

The coaches at Coach Initiative are highly skilled in creating the trust to enable authentic and honest reflection on my experiences as a leader, as an executive and as a human. Through deep listening, mirroring and questions, each session brings forth new ways of sense-making of my leadership experiences, both the successes and the challenges. By being able to notice more, and ask the right questions, it creates the muscles for self-improvement and growth that know no bounds. Thank you, Coach Initiative!

I found this experience to be incredibly empowering and helpful. Halina was a wonderful coach whose mixture of active listening, willingness to push me past my comfort zone, and humor made the whole experience that much more impactful. I can confidently say I have learned several strategies related to each of my original goals that I have already started practicing. I have been sensing a difference in how my colleagues and supervisors perceive me, which I think is in part due to my tenure as well as (I hope) marked improvement related to my performance and behavior. I highly recommend the Coach Initiative to anyone looking to do the same.

“It was an incredible opportunity. We were at a point at which we needed to begin to think more strategically and long term about the future of the organization—how we were going to go from reacting day to day to more of a long-term strategy and making sure our actions every day were leaning toward that. I’m just delighted with the experience; we got so much value out of it. I’ve worked with coaches for years, and I have had great coaches in the past, but this has been one of the most beneficial experiences I have ever had.”

“The experience was amazing. My coach offered an objective sounding board not connected to my day-to-day work and helped me realize what I needed to be a more effective leader for Public Allies. Before we began, I thought that I just needed to motivate myself to focus more on fundraising. Through our conversations and the DISC assessment, I learned to appreciate my staff more, predict what information my board needs, and [understand] how to support my own wellness as a leader. Public Allies DC and I are making significant progress with fundraising, and the lessons learned go well beyond my original goals.”